LIST OF IMPORTANT CIVIL CODE PROVISIONS

1. Effectivity of the New Civil Code (Article 1)

2. When laws take effect (Article 1)
3. Character of Judicial Decisions (Article 8)
4. No laws applicable (Article 9)
5. Conflicts of law
a. Nationality principle (Article 15)
b. Lex Rei Sitae (Article 16) *Exceptions
c. Lex loci celebrationis (Article 17)

PERSONS

1. Judicial capacity v Capacity to act (Article 37)

2. Restriction on the capacity to act (Article 38)
3. Circumstances that modify or limit capacity to act
4. When does personality begin (Article 40 & 41)
5. Doubt as to who died first (Article 42)
6. Who are the juridical persons (Article 44)

FAMILY RELATIONS

1. Definition of Marriage (Article 1)

*distinguish from ordinary contract

2. Essential requisites of Marriage (Article 2)

3. Formal requisites of Marriage (Article 3)
4. Effect of Absence or Defect of the requisites (Article 4)
5. Requirement of Parental Consent (Article 14)
*Effect of Non-compliance: VOIDABLE

6. Requirement of Parental Advice (Article 15)

Effect of Non-compliance: Delay in issuance of marriage license

7. Who may solemnize marriage (Article 7)

Note: Good faith (Article 35)

8. Validity of marriage license (Article 20)

9. Exceptions on the requirement of marriage license
a. Articulo mortis (Article 27)
b. Remote places (Article 28)
c. Muslims and cultural communities (Article 33)
d. Living together as husband and wife for 5 years (Article 34)

10. Place of marriage (Article 8)

XPNS:
a. Articulo mortis
b. Remote places
c. Agreement

11. VOID Marriages

a. Instances (Article 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 53)
 b. Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Marriage (Article 39 and 40)
12. Declaration of Presumptive Death (Article 41)
a. Effects *Same as Void and Voidable Marriages (Article 42, 43, 44, 51, 52, 53, and 54)
13. VOIDABLE Marriages
a. Instances (Article 45)
b. What constitutes fraud (Article 46)
c. Prescription (Article 47)
d. Role of prosecutor and fiscal (Article 48)
e. Support (Article 49)

14. Legal Separation

a. Grounds (Article 55)
b. Grounds for denial (Article 56)
c. Prescription (Article 57)
d. Cooling off period (Article 58)
e. Conciliation efforts (Article 59)
f. Prevention of Collusion (Article 60)
g. Effect of filing (Article 61)
h. Effect during the pendency (Article 62)
i. Effect of decree (Article 63 and 64)
j. Reconciliation (Article 65, 66, 67)

15. Rights and Obligations of Husband and Wife (Article 68)

a. Fixing of domicile (Article 69)
b. Support of the Family (Article 70)
c. Management of household (Article 71)
d. Neglect and prohibited acts (Article 72)
e. Practice of profession (Article 73)

16. Property relations between husband and wife

a. Governing law (Article 74)
b. Default property regime (Article 75)